Le grand défi

Original title: Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili

1964
1h 34m

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Four muscular heroes fight the evil ruler of an oppressed people.Four muscular heroes fight the evil ruler of an oppressed people.Four muscular heroes fight the evil ruler of an oppressed people.

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4.7/10

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Sergio Ciani

Hercules
(as Alan Steel)

Howard Ross

Maciste
(as Red Ross)

Nadir Moretti

Samson
(as Nadir Baltimore)

Yann Larvor

Ursus
(as Yann L'Arvor)

Luciano Marin

Inor

Hélène Chanel

Astra
(as Helen Chanel)

Lia Zoppelli

Nemea

Moira Orfei

Dalila

Arnaldo Fabrizio

Goliath il nano

Livio Lorenzon

Lico

Nino Dal Fabbro

Consigliere di Nemea

Elisa Montés

Omphale
(as Eliza Montez)

María Luisa Ponte

Moglie di Ursus

Conrado San Martín

Alceo

This movie was listed as a crossover film. It features several figures whom I'm not at all familiar with. At least I could recognize Samson and Hercules. I think this movie mostly suffered because it was just trying to be too many things at once. I believe it wasn't until 1970 that color films were the norm. This movie just looked disgustingly bright.

I could barely even see what was going on. Maybe it was just the version I saw, but I recall seeing such great quality from early color films like "Distant Drums". The main fight between Samson and Hercules is never even really resolved. The main story is just too jumbled and it gets out of hand when they try to save this village too. I guess the acting isn't that bad. It's still not worth it for me. *1/2

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Trivia
It was this movie that provides the fodder for the 1993 Australian film romp "Hercules Returns", which is probably the funniest film EVER made! It revolves around the English 'dubbing' of this old film, which makes for some pretty hilarious moments!